C-USA Announces Five NT Games Set For National TV

Mean Green Home Opener Against Rice Set For 1:30 p.m.

DENTON -- Conference USA has announced its preliminary television schedule for the 2015 football season, and the, Mean Green has five games that will be televised nationally.

The North Texas home opener against Rice on September 19 will air on Fox College Sports with a game time of 1:30 p.m.

Thursday night football returns Apogee Stadium on October 15 as the Mean Green host Western Kentucky televised on the CBS Sports Network at 6:30 p.m.

The following week, NT heads to Huntington, W.V., to battle Marshall in a game that can be seen on Fox College Sports at 2:30 p.m.

In November, the North Texas road game at Louisiana Tech will be shown on Fox Sports at 2:30 p.m. and the regular season finale at home against UTEP is set to be shown on Fox Sports as well. The game time has not be announced.

The initial schedule contains games selected by television partners FOX and CBS Sports Network, along with selected games as part of other conference's television deals.

National games will be televised this season on FOX Sports 1, Fox Sports Net (FSN), FOX College Sports, CBS Sports Network, American Sports Network and ESPN. The ASN schedule of 30 games will be announced later this summer, and additional games where Conference USA is the visiting school will continue to be added into the season.

The 2015 C-USA Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 5, is scheduled to air on either ESPN or ESPN 2. It marks the 11th straight year that the C-USA Championship will air on the ESPN family of networks. Additional Conference USA football television exposures will be released as soon as they are finalized.